5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REPEN

REPEN is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To rewrite.

Alternative forms: re-pen

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How REPEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REPEN as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,594 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT COAST GIANT CRATE SOILY SLATY
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REPEN performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,594 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REPEN ranks #5,594 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
14
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
262
218
195
103
91
89
65
64
44
44
40
38
36
31
29
27
26
24
24
23
21
21
20
20
16
16
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REPEN:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

21.1% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
11.1% →
COAST 5.53 bits
9.2% →
SAULT 5.69 bits
8.3% →
GIANT 5.19 bits
4.4% →
CRATE 4.87 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.66 bits
3.8% →
SLATY 5.05 bits
2.8% →
ANISE 4.61 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 4.66 bits
1.9% →
VALET 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for REPEN; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

R1E1P3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.